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Blackett, P. M. S.STUDIES OF WAR Nuclear and ConventionalNew York, NY Hill And Wang 1962 First American Edition Hardcover This is a First American Edition of this hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding with a gray cloth cover with title in red on the spine; sharp looking and very clean. The end papers are clean with no marks and no writing or labels. The pages are clean and crisp. The dust jacket background on the front and spine is black and there is some color wear as well as seme jacket edge wear - and a few little chips. Not clipped. From the cover - A challenge to Western military politics, nuclear and conventional, by a Nobel prize winner in physics and author of Fear, War, and the Bomb. ; 8vo; 242 pages
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18.00 USD

Burns, James MacGregorUNCOMMON SENSE New York, NY Harper & Row 1972 0060105844 / 9780060105846 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket This is a first edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The binding is tight, corners straight, very clean inside and out and there are no marks or writing except for a small printed letter on the rear end paper. The unclipped dust jacket is equally crisp and clean with a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the spine. The author won five literary prizes, including the Pulitzer, for his book on Franklin Roosevelt. ; 8vo; 196 pages
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14.00 USD

Cable, JamesGUNBOAT DIPLOMACY Political Applications of Limited Naval ForceNew York, NY Praeger Publishers 1971 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket This is a first edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding, straight corners, and is very clean. There is a former owner name on the front end paper, plus a bookplate. The unclipped dust jacket is equally crisp and clean with a touch of wear at the bottom of the spine. ; Studies in International Security; Vol. 16; 8vo; 251 pages
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34.00 USD

Cockburn, Andrew and PatrickOUT OF THE ASHES The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein New York, NY Harpercollins 1999 0060192666 / 9780060192662 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is new looking; very clean, bright, tight with no marks or writing other than a remainder mark on the bottom edges. The unclipped dust jacket very crisp and clean and without wear. ; 8vo; 322 pages
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24.00 USD

Coffin, TrisMISSOURI COMPROMISE Boston, MA Little, Brown & Company 1947 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket This is a First Editon hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, and clean except for a trace of pencil erasure from about six pages and the rear end paper. The top edges of the book has some spots and dinginess. There are no other marks or writing. The dust jacket has corner wear with light cipping at the top and bottom of the spine and spine edge. The jacket is now prtected from further wear by a see-through, removable mylar cover.; 8vo; 315 pages
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16.00 USD

Cohen, DanielUNDEFEATED The Life of Hubert H. Humphrey Minneapolis, MN Lerner Publications Co. 1978 0822599538 / 9780822599531 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket This is first edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book in in fine condition ; tight, bright and very clean. There are no marks or writing. The dust jacket is price clipped and has a touch of edge wear, but looks crisp and new in a see-through, removable mylar protector. ; 4to; 519 pages
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19.00 USD

DanteMONARCHY AND THREE POLITICAL LETTERS New York, NY The Noonday Press Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. There is a publisher black out of the edition information. The book is tight, bright, and very clean. There are no marks or writing. The dust jacket is unclipped and has some corner wear, but is generally clean. There is a trace of a pencil price erasure on the corner of the inside dust jacket flap. The jacket looks crisp in its see-through, removable mylar protector. There is an Introduction by Donald Nichol and a Chronology and Note by Colin Hardie. This book is from The Library of Ideas series. ; 8vo
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23.00 USD

Duverger, MauriceTHE FRENCH POLITICAL SYSTEM Chicago, IL The Univ Of Chicago Press 1958 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, and clean The covers are a bright blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. The binding is tight , the corners straight, and there is no wear. The interior pages and end papers are clean. The top edges are tinted and there is loss of some color in places. The front edges are slightly toned. There are some infrequent pen marks on about ten pages. The dust jacket has some edge wear and a tear with a small chip. There is a small square sticker of a former bookstore on the upper front corner. The jacket is unclipped. It is refreshed and protected from further wear in its see-through, removable mylar cover. With appendixes of graphs, lists, diagrams, constitution, and an index. From the cover: A realistic introduction to the structure and operatio s of the French government. Translated by Barbara and Robert North. ; 8vo; 227 pages
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16.50 USD

Gilbert, BillTHIS CITY, THIS MAN The Cookingham Era in Kansas City Washington, D C International City Management Association 1978 087326021X / 9780873260213 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket SIGNED by Cookinghamt. This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, and very clean without marks or writing. It is inscribed by Cookingham to Frank Lipari, Jr. On the title page. The . Unclipped dust jacket is equally crisp and very clean. ; Photographs; 8vo; 268 pages; Signed by Biographee
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40.00 USD

Gjelten, TomSARAJEVO DAILY A City and its Newspapers under Siege New York, NY Harper Collins Publishers 1995 0060190523 / 9780060190521 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket This first edition hardcover has it's dustjacket. The book cover is clean and crisp. The endpapers, edges and pages are free of marks and writing. The jacket has some light rubbing on both the front and rear plates. Very crisp and clean. ; 8vo
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18.00 USD

Halevy, LudovicTROIS DINERS AVEC GAMBETTA Annote Par Daniel Halevy Paris Les Amis Des Cahiers Verts IV Edite Par Grasset 1929 First Edition Softcover This is a softcover book with soft green art paper wrappers and a glassine overwrap. This is fourth in a series. This book would have been in very good condition, however, there are handwritten notes in English by a former owner and lateral side lining in pencil and ink, plus a slight curl to the corners of the cover. Two pages are illustrated - a black and white portrait of Ludovic Halevy melded into the first page of text and another of him writing on the last page. There is also a more typical portrait of Marquis De Lau - full page. It is number 1610 of a limited edition. The text is in French. ; 8vo; 105 pages
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15.00 USD

Johnson, James E. with David W. BalsigerBEYOND DEFEAT Garden Cithy, NY Doubleday & Co 1978 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED. This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, and very clean. The blue covers are a handsome blue with a gilt title on the spine. The author SIGNED the book on the front free end paper. It is also inscribed and dated. There are no other marks or writing. The dust jacket has a closed tear on the bottom edge near the spine. There is a slight vertical wrinkle near the spine. The jacket has been clipped, but not the price. The jacket will be covered in an archival see-through, removable mylar protector. The Introduction is by Charles Colson and there are some black and white photographs. Johnson is "Most widely known as a founder of the Washington Prayer Breakfast". ; 8vo; Signed by Author
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19.00 USD

Kelley, Clarence M. and James Kirkpatrick DavisKELLEY The Story of an FBI Director Kansas City, MO Andrews, McMeel & Parker 1987 0836279352 / 9780836279351 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED. This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket The book is tight, bright, and bery clean. Kelley signed and inscribed the book on the front free end paper. There are no other marks or writing. The dust jacket is clean, but has corner and edge wear. The jacket is not clipped and is protected from futher wear in a see-through, removable mylar cover. ; 8vo; 326 pages; Signed by Author
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30.00 USD

Lasky, VictorIT DIDN'T START WITH WATERGATE New York, NY The Dial Press 1977 0803738579 / 9780803738577 Tenth Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, and very clean. There are no marks or writing except for a faint hint of a pencil price erasure on the front end paper. Possibly unread. The dust jajcket is equally crisp, clean, and unclipped. There are a few tiny closed tears and two light spots on the rear. Now protected in a see-through, reovablen mylar cover. This book is about abuses of Presidential power including Watergate. ; 8vo; 438 pages
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15.00 USD

Lukashevich, StephenIVAN AKSAKOV 1823 - 1886 A Study in Russian Thought and Politics Cambridge Harvard University Press 1965 First Edition Hardcover This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book would be considered as being in fine condition if not for a folded note paper of art paper attached to the end paper - without any writing. Tight, bright, crisp and very clean. Nop marks or writing. Very clean pages, edges. The dust jacket is equally crisp and clean, but with two short closed tears. ; 8vo
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19.00 USD

Masters, CarolTHE PEACE TERRORIST Minneapolis, MN New Rivers Press 1994 0898231566 / 9780898231564 First Edition Softcover Fine SIGNED. This is a Signed/Inscribed first edition softcover book in fine condition. There is no wear except for a tiny soft corner crease. There are no marks. There is no writing other than an inscription and signature of Masters. ; 8vo; 106 pages; Signed by Author
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19.00 USD

Meeropol, RobertAN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY One Son's Journey New York, NY St. Martin's Press 2003 0312306369 / 9780312306366 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Fine dust jacket This is a first edition hardcover book in a dust jacket - both are in near fine and fine condition. The binding is tight and there are no marks or writing. Both are bright, crisp, and very clean. ; 8vo; 273 pages
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16.70 USD